Some 200,000 people gathered at the Happy Valley Race Course to mourn this event. A rallying point during this event was a recreation of the Statue of Liberty made by students at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Participants were attacked for being involved in an "organized conspiracy to sow chaos" in an April 27th editorial in the People's Daily. This event hurt the popularity of a leader who had earlier advocated the "one country, two systems"
Some 200,000 people gathered at the Happy Valley Race Course to mourn this event. A rallying point during this event was a recreation of the Statue of Liberty made by students at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Participants were attacked for being involved in an "organized conspiracy to sow chaos" in an April 27th editorial in the People's Daily. This event hurt the popularity of a leader who had earlier advocated the "one country, two systems" policy. This event coincided with the first state visit to the country from (*) Mikhail Gorbachev. It was sparked by the death of Hu Yaobang, and this event prompted Li Peng to declare martial law. Jeff Widener took a famous photograph of "Tank Man" during this event. For 10 points, name this 1989 student protest against the Chinese government in a namesake Beijing locale.
Some 200,000 people gathered at the Happy Valley Race Course to mourn this event.
{Tiananmen Square} protests of 1989 [or {Tiananmen Square massacre} of 1989; or {Tiananmen Square incident}; or {June Fourth Incident}; or 6/4 {Incident}; prompt on {Beijing Massacre} or {Beijing Spring}]